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 Plan S under spotlight at LBF’s Research & Scholarly Publishing Forum
The London Book Fair 2019’s Research and Scholarly Publishing Forum, scheduled to be held on March 13, 2019, will tackle the key issues and trends facing academic publishing, including the impact of ‘Plan S’ on publishing business models, and the latest on OA monographs. The conference will be chaired by Rachel Bruce from UKRI, and Information Power’s Alicia Wise. Keynote speaker David Sweeney is Executive Director of Research England, as well as the Co-Chair of the Plan S Implementation Committee.
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 UpToDate Advanced now available for all Veterans Health Administration’s clinicians
Wolters Kluwer, Health, a provider of trusted clinical technology and evidence-based solutions, has announced that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), a part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), has added UpToDate® AdvancedTM to its range of solutions from Wolters Kluwer. The VHA claims to be the largest healthcare system in the US with more than 306,000 full-time clinicians and support staff who care for nine million veterans each year at 172 medical centers and more than one thousand outpatient clinics.
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 UCL Press launches new open access megajournal – UCL Open
UCL Press has launched its new open access megajournal UCL Open. The journal is now accepting academic research submissions. It is the first university megajournal providing an open access and transparent end to end publishing model, enabling research to be accessible to everyone.
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 O’Reilly’s new survey explores tools and best practices for advanced analytics and AI
O’Reilly, a source for insight-driven learning on technology and business, has announced the results of its ‘Evolving Data Infrastructure’ survey, which explores the tools companies are using for their advanced analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects and the best practices they have acquired along the way. The research found that more than half (58 percent) of the present companies are either building or evaluating data science platforms – which are essential for companies that are keen on growing their data science teams and machine learning capabilities – while 85 percent of companies already have data infrastructure in the cloud.
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 University of Hawai?i System selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo solutions
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the University of Hawai’i (UH) System has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform, which will be integrated with the library’s Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. UH will modernise its libraries by reengineering back-end processes and leveraging the future-proof Ex Libris platform and infrastructure to manage all types of resources, both owned and licensed, and make them available to end users.
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 ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce renamed as Kaleidoscope program
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce has been renamed as Kaleidoscope program. The name Kaleidoscope signifies responsiveness to fluid landscapes, needs, and cultures, which is an important element of diversity, equity, and inclusion in research libraries and in society more broadly.
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